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29 He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding,
    but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

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29 (A)He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,
But he who is [a]impulsive exalts folly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:29 Lit. short of spirit

32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
    and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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32 (A)He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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11 The discretion of a man defers his anger,
    and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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11 (A)The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
(B)And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

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Saying Seven

23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
    consider diligently what is before you;
and put a knife to your throat,
    if you are a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.

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Listen to Your Father

23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.

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28 He who has no rule over his own spirit
    is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

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28 (A)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.

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29 He who is often reproved, yet hardens his neck,
    will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

29 He(A) who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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